The Aprilcot theme has been all about eating trimmed lamb. A good guideline about the size of the portion is to eat less lamb than was eaten last Aprilcot. It doesn’t have to be a lot less, just a bit less is good. A bit less will lead to the eventual longer term success in managing weight. A bit less is enough to maintain this year’s smaller shape, which is also a bit less than it was last Aprilcot. The idea is to hardly even notice that it is less because of what is most noticeable of all: there is enough on the plate, it seems about right.
Even three or four years later, and 13 kilograms lighter I still tend to have a large portion of vegetables on my plate. Is it a bit less than last Aprilcot? Perhaps, slightly less for some famous starchy vegies, an example being that now its half a corn cob on the plate instead of a whole one. However, I still have my plate loaded up high with brocolli and carrots.
We allow some commercial brand Hollandaise sauce to have on the meal. I definitely need less of that this Aprilcot compared to other years. On top of the sauce I have a large amount of chopped fresh rosemary herb. It is lucky that rosemary isn’t too difficut to grow because our bush was well pruned this year, what with eating it for the evening meal and at lunch time on toast and tomatoes.
In previous Aprilcots we have had the opportunity to obtain apricots in Januberry and freeze them. That was not the case this Apricot. Instead we have had a modest amount of tinned apricots (three halves) on our pancake with chocolate icecream. I wish that we could buy tinned apricots that are preserved only in water. Sadly all we can get here are ones preserved in “Juice”. What they really mean but do not say is that the juice is SUGAR! I pour it straight down the sink. There are so many other better ways to enjoy sugar, like Easter treats.
Fresh fruit of apples and grapes were unlimited, I ate plenty!
The walking has happened on most days this Aprilcot and has been very enjoyable. Inspecting autumn leaves, taking some photos of them and collecting some to bring home has been the main task, all occurring in mostly pleasant, sunny weather, lovely.